2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 1 . . . . WRITING ON THE WALL: Coverage of 2010 Election Cycles 2010-01-18T00:31:26-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 2 . . . . THE DAILY BEAST: "PollTrack offers some of the savviest electoral analysis around" 2010-01-18T00:31:26-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 3 . . . . LIVE BLOG 7:00 EST Tuesday, 19 January: MA US Senate 2010-01-18T00:31:26-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 4 2010-01-18T00:31:26-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 5 2010-01-18T00:31:26-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 1 President Obama--Approval Rating 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 Approve: 47.6% Disapprove: 45.8% (poll average) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 2 Consumer Confidence 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 54%-Negative 41%-Positive (Gallup) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 3 Congressional Generic Ballot 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 DEM 42.7% to REP 44.7% +2.0 Republican (poll average) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 4 Direction of Country 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 Right Track 35.3%/Wrong Track 59.3% (poll average) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 5 Unemployment Rate 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 +9.7% (January 2010) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 6 Payroll Employment 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 -20,000 (January 2010) -7,483,000 (since recession began 12/07) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 7 Consumer Price Index (CPI) 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 +0.1% (December 2009) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 8 Gasoline: National Average (Gallon) 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 $2.65 -0.009 (wk ago) -0.726 (yr ago) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 9 US Military Deaths in Iraq 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 6 in 2010/Total: 4376 Since Start of War in 2003 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 10 US Military Deaths in Afghanistan 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 43 in 2010/Total: 990 Since Start of War in 2001 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 11 US Housing Starts 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 +8.9%% (November 2009) 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 12 Cable News Ratings (primetime) 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 FNC (Fox) 2.96M/CNN 768K/MSNBC 794K 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 13 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 14 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 15 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 16 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 17 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 18 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 19 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00 2008-08-07T05:49:33-04:00 20 2010-02-15T14:03:43-05:00